Analysis of The Rose Dichotomy



There was a man who saw a rose.
He plucked and put it to his nose,
Then slowly smelled its fragrance, so
He hated that he had to go!

A second man saw roses too.
He bent over to pick a few,
But cut his finger on a thorn,
Which filled his heart with so much scorn!

It's fascinating two can see
The same thing and yet one might be
Quite glad and wish that he could stay,
While the other quickly turns away.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11011101 11011111 11011101 11011111 01011101 11101101 11110101 11111111 1100111 01101111 11011111 101010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 405
Words 94
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 28

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Opposite qualities of a rose

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Written on July 02, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on July 02, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on July 02, 2023

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